BBC4y
Beirut explosion: Angry protesters storm government ministries
Protesters in Beirut have stormed government ... furious at the failure to prevent the explosion at a warehouse storing over 2,000 tonnes of ammonium nitrate. The material had been seized from ...
BBC1y
Beirut explosion: Rescuers investigate ‘heartbeat in the rubble’
In a separate development, four containers with 4.3 tonnes of ammonium nitrate were found on Thursday outside Beirut's seaport, the army said. It said its specialists examined the containers ...
MercoPress4y
Beirut port blast kills at least 78, injures over 4,000 and flattens huge area of the city
just one area will experience those happenings after an explosion, but this time it was all of Beirut, even areas outside of Beirut. Ammonium nitrate has a number of different uses, but the two ...
Ship in dire need of repairs carries explosive cargo — but can’t dock because ports fear Beirut-type explosion: ‘Floating megabomb’
But it’s not just the MV Ruby’s load of 20,000 pounds of ammonium nitrate ... to the Beirut disaster, when a 2,750-pound load ...
Al-Monitor4y
Air quality a concern in Beirut following explosion
Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...
Sky4y
What happened in Beirut: The explosion that devastated a city and shocked the world
Around 6pm local time on Tuesday 4 August, many people in Beirut ... explosion was caused by welding work. It started in warehouse 9 and then spread to warehouse 12, where the ammonium nitrate ...
Business Insider4y
Volunteers turn shattered glass from Beirut explosion into traditional jugs
Nearly 7,000 tons of glass was shattered when a deadly explosion ripped through Beirut, Lebanon ... sparked when about 3,000 tons of ammonium nitrate caught fire in a warehouse by the city's ...
newarab15d
Beirut blast investigator resumes work after two years, charges 10 people
After a two-year hiatus, judge Tarek Bitar's issued new charges against 10 people, including negligence and 'possible intent ...
The Washington Post4y
After port explosion, Lebanese excavate their dreams
BEIRUT — Hoda al-Halabi was struggling to ... Thousands of people were wounded and almost 200 killed when a warehouse of ammonium nitrate exploded, gutting a stretch of the city and filling ...
newarab9d
Will victims finally get justice as Beirut blast probe resumes?
In-depth: No one has been held accountable for the 2020 Beirut blast, but as political dynamics shift, the resumption of a ...
The Times of Israel on MSN2mon
IDF says it has destroyed most of Hezbollah’s arms production and storage sites in Beirut
The IDF in its statement also notes the deadly 2020 Beirut port blast, which occurred after some 2,750 tons of ammonium ...
France 2426d
Ivory Coast's Abidjan on edge as ship loaded with volatile cargo nears port
It was an explosion of ammonium nitrate in Beirut that killed more than 220 people, injured at least 6,500 and devastated swathes of the Lebanese capital in 2020. A long journey ...